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Modern Food Producers: Today’s Scottish Enlightenment?

The Scots: still as proud, passionate and inventive as ever then. The proof was in the pudding, or actually on the stand.  With so many new products and flavours experienced at this years Scotland’s Speciality Food Fair, I am blown away yet again by the adventurous, yet seemingly palate perfect flavour accomplishments that were showcased. I can’t wait to share these latest taste innovations with you when you join us on one of our eating and drinking gourmet journeys through Scotland or at one of our artisan tasting events. Take for example a fudge combination from Joyce Brady of the Wee Fudge Company that marries Jasmine Petal Garam Masala ...

The King of Smoked Fish

This year we have decided to give some recommendations on where to get some of the bare essentials for making an ultra special Scottish foodie Christmas. Today we look at the quintessential king of smoked fish, Salmon. Although Scottish Smoked Salmon is still considered somewhat a luxury food item, steady supply has maintained the prices at relatively the same levels they were years ago, making it an affordable food item that can be enjoyed for breakfast, lunch, dinner or as a snack. Salmon can be of course be farmed or wild. The latter is rarer and more expensive. Both are delicious and any preference will be a matter of your own personal taste.G...

2014 – A year to savour Scotland

There is absolutely no denying that 2014 is going to be one long (no doubt whisky fuelled) celebration in Scotland. In fact if you have been thinking about a visit to Scotland we would urge you to give 2014 some serious consideration.The Scots are of course a nation of proud and passionate people and we do love nothing more than sharing the best of our country with you. Naturally the team at Tasting Scotland want to extend an invitation to enjoy the best of the country’s food and drink. Be it on one of our gourmet journeys for some freshly caught crab or lobster from a small, wooden hut in a picturesque traditional fishing village to a gastronomic ...

From Shore to Farm Gate. Our 1st Family Foodie Fun Day

So did we make a difference? Did we made an impact on helping children understand more about where their food comes from?Well, a few days on there has been lots of very encouraging feedback from those who attended the first of what will now be an annual, family foodie fun day event. The word on the street from the parents is that yes, we did engage the children through a range of sensory experiences that has ignited an interest and the start of a journey of understanding about the food they eat.On the day, despite a light wind and a few clouds in the sky the weather stayed kind to us as we started our coastal walk directly under the magnificent Forth ...

Asparagus as fresh as a daisy

There is always something magical about taking a group of people who appreciate the finer things in life on one of our food and drink day tours, but when you are visiting one of the most highly regarded asparagus farms in the country and visiting what we now know to be the Scotland’s Restaurant of the Year, the bar is raised to an altogether different level.As with all our food and drink based experiences we want you to gain a real flavour of Scotland’s top class products and the people who produce with both passion and pride.  There was no better place to start last Saturday’s gourmet journey than with Sandy and Heather Pattullo who have been ...

Green with anticipation for the King of Veg

So it’s all been going off in England in a very green and majestic way. That’s to say the Asparagus season has well and truly started with those ‘King of Veg’ spears going down very, very well. Despite a very long winter both north and south of the border the English season started as is customary on St George’s day on 23rd April. I have always loved this time of year, a time when the nights are stretching, the tulips positively thriving and Scottish asparagus most definitely arriving. As was the case in 2012 we may be a little behind with another cold and wet start to the year, but we are nearly there and not long now before long we should ...